waxwing

英 ['wækswɪŋ] 美['wæks,wɪŋ]
  • n. 连雀

英英释义


1. brown velvety-plumaged songbirds of the northern hemisphere having crested heads and red waxy wing tips

英文词源


waxwing (n.)
1817, from wax (n.) + wing (n.). So called for appendages at the tips of its feathers which look like red sealing-wax.